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Letter: Following unlawful orders is unlawful I served in the U.S. military as an officer for 27 years and a staff member of VA hospitals for almost 12 years. The Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) covers what constitutes a lawful order and what constitutes an unlawful order. Boiled down to its essence: following an unlawful order is unlawful and punishable according to the UCMJ. So, the clowns that say they were following the order of the President to trash the Capitol and kill cops is ...

WASHINGTON — The military is expanding its investigation into whether any troops who participated in last week’s pro-Trump rally also took part in the violence inside the U.S. Capitol, even as lawmakers are pressing the Defense Department to rescreen the thousands of military personnel assigned to s

Top Stories 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic December 28, 2020 11:39 AM Sailors prepare to man the rails as the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), returns to Yokosuka, Japan following a six-month underway period. US Navy Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. The coronavirus pandemic affected almost everything the Navy did in 2020, from the way the service deploys forces, to the way its contractors built shi...